Citation services provide methods for retrieving backward or forward citations for an individual or group of individual ucid or group of ucids.
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/citations/backward
| Method(s) | GET | |||
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| Path | /citations/backward | |||
| Parameter | Values | Description | ||
| @ucid | String: ex. US-5551212-A | One or more space or comma- | separate ucidsseparated ucids | |
| @extended | Boolean: 0 | 1 | Returns publication date, first CPC, first applicant, and inventor | ||
Example:
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| @source | Boolean: 0 | 1 | Returns the citation source (see Citation Sources for a list of sources) |
Example I
Standard Request
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wget -O- -q \
--header 'x-user:x' \
--header 'x-password:y' \
'http://cdws21.ificlaims.com/citations/backward?ucid=US-5551212-A' |
Standard Response
...
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{ "status" : "success", "time" : "0.297", "citations" : [ { "root" : "US-5551212-A", "ucids" : [ "DE-3606826-A1", "US-4546875-A", "EP-0313721-A2", "US-3187480-A", "EP-0061805-A1", "US-2043419-A", "DE-8002686-U1", "DE-3138439-A1", "US-4905451-A", "US-4631900-A", "EP-0225665-A1", "US-4828110-A", "US-4534151-A" ] } ] } |
Example II
Citation Source Request
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wget -O- -q \
--header 'x-user:x' \
--header 'x-password:y' \
'http://cdws21.ificlaims.com/citations/backward?ucid=US-5551212-A&source=1' |
Citation Source Response
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{ "time" : "0.594", "status" : "success", "citations" : [ { "root" : "US-5551212-A", "ucids" : [ { "source" : "SEA", "ucid" : "DE-3138439-A1" }, { "source" : "SEA", "ucid" : "DE-3606826-A1" }, # etc ... |
Example III
Citation Extended Information Request
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wget -O- -q \ --header 'x-user:x' \ --header 'x-password:y' \ 'http://cdws21.ificlaims.com/citations/backward?ucid=US-5551212-A&extended=1' |
Citation Extended Information Response
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{
"status" : "success",
"time" : "0.467",
"citations" : [
{
"ucids" : {
"EP-0313721-A2" : {
"published" : "19890503",
"inventor" : "ODENTHAL HEINZ F",
"applicant" : "OSTMA MASCHINENBAU GMBH",
"cpc" : "B65D 61/00 20130101 LI20130101BHEP "
},
"US-4534151-A" : {
"inventor" : "SCHNECK HANS",
"published" : "19850813",
"assignee" : "A. AHLSTROM OSAKEYHTIO",
"applicant" : "AHLSTROEM OY",
"cpc" : "Y10T 83/394 20150401 LA20150409BCEP "
},
# etc. |
/citations/forward
| Method(s) | GET | ||
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| Path | /citations/forward | ||
| Parameter | Values | Description | |
| @ucid | String: ex. US-5551212-A | One or more space or comma- | |
...
| separated ucids | |||
| @extended | Boolean: 0 | 1 | Returns publication date, first CPC, first applicant, and inventor | |
Example:
| @source | Boolean: 0 | 1 | Returns the citation source (see Citation Sources for a list of sources) |
Example
Standard Request
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wget -O- -q \
--header 'x-user:x' \
--header 'x-password:y' \
'http://cdws21.ificlaims.com/citations/forward?ucid=US-5551212-A,EP-0700000-A2' |
Standard Response
...
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{
"status" : "success",
"time" : "0.143",
"citations" : [
{
"root" : "US-5551212-A",
"ucids" : [
"US-5735104-A",
"US-8516780-B2",
"US-6223499-B1",
"US-20110016831-A1",
"US-20120186197-A1",
"US-6338410-B1",
"US-8448411-B2",
"US-8216509-B2"
]
},
{
"root" : "EP-0700000-A2",
"ucids" : [
"WO-2000048077-A1",
"WO-2004107167-A1",
"CN-102314514-A",
"EP-1482406-A1",
"US-6457019-B1",
"US-6434685-B1",
"WO-2013083935-A1",
"US-6499095-B1",
"US-6877161-B1"
]
}
]
} |
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